Chief Hall says SPD can reduce use of force

The Spokane Police Department can and must use less deadly force, according to its own leader.

Chief Kevin Hall made his comments during a Wednesday night town hall on police violence at the Central Public Library.

Spokane Human Rights Commissioner Anwar Peace called it a “courageous conversation.”

Debbie Novak, Jim Leighty and Cynthia Manycolors have all lost loved ones to police violence, and they talked about why police kill people with Hall in front of dozens of attendees.

"Sometimes we forget in both policy and training the sanctity of human life," Hall said. "The sanctity of human life is and should be our guiding light. And that means we slow down, we take more time, we use our critical decision-making skills."

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